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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.010.003.003 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Big Al advertising bubble bath] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border, and a Conestoga wagon pulled by four horses in the lower left corner. Big Al is standing in the studio, dressed as a cowboy. Camera is just visible to the far left. He is holding a bottle of "Matey" and looking directly at the camera. A display of similar bottles on a stand beside him. The stand has a wicker covering. The bottles are plastic with an image of children on a ship on the label. Printed on the label "New/Concentrated/Liquid/Matey/Gets Your Children Clean ______". Stamped on the reverse in purple is "Roy Purkis/for/CKCO-TV/Kitchener". |
Date |
1955 |
Date |
1965 |
Photographer |
Purkis, Roy |
Copyright |
University of Waterloo Library Special Collections and Archives, Roy Purkis fonds |
History |
CKCO-TV began broadcasting March 1, 1954 from a transmitter located on Baden Hill in Wilmot Township. The call letters stood for Canada, Kitchener, Central Ontario. The station was an affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) until 1964, when it became affiliated with CTV. The station was originally owned by Central Ontario Television, a consortium that included Famous Players and Carl A. Pollock. Electrohome acquired control of CKCO in 1970, when Canadian broadcasting laws required domestic ownership of stations. As of 2010, the station is owned by CTVglobemedia and no longer uses its call letters. It is instead referred to as CTV Southwestern Ontario. Al Jones (1911-1984) aka Big Al hosted several television shows on CKCO in the 1950s through the 1970s. Al retired in the late 1970s. Big Al's Ranch Party was a live, half hour show starting at 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. It was a mix of interaction with Al, audience participation games, cartoons, drop-in guests, and talented youngsters. Al usually had a sidekick, who changed throughout the years. The talent segments were eventually spun off into a Sunday noon hour show called Big Al's Talent Showcase. Al also hosted Cartoon Capers, a noon hour weekday show which interspersed cartoons with viewers birthday pictures and drawings. The shows all had a cowboy theme until Cartoon Capers was changed to a railroad theme. Al also did on call appearances - parades, fairs, and other promotional events. |
Search Terms |
CKCO-TV |
People |
Jones, Al Purkis, Roy |